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APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 19 06.

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cially directed to improvements in gondola cars for securing a construction involving comparatively small parts, thus facilitating repairs without sacrificing strength.

Another object of my invention is an improved body-bolster and method of fastening the same to the side plates and side stakes.

A further object is to provide a spliced side sill the end parts of which are lighter and weaker than the other portions, so that in case of a collision the end portions will give awayiirst, in this manner protecting the larger part of the side sill which is more eX- pensive and more dillicult to repair.

My invention also includes improved tension and'coinpression bars secured to the side sill, the former being comparatively heavy and thelatter being spliced. Furthermore, I

use extending ends of the tension and compressionqbars as splicing means to join toether the parts of the side sill. The needle beam of this car is held in place and supported in a novel manner, which also constitutes a part of my invention.

In the accom )anying drawings I have illustrated one em odiment of my invention,

wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the car, a portion of the'fioor and sides being removed to reveal the underframe. Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation and partial longitudinal central seebolsters 4, and to their tion of the car illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig.3 is an end view of the ear. Fig. 4 is a section on line AE'A of Fig. Fig. 51s a section on the line B B of Fig. 2. Fig.5 is a section 011 the line C C of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings-1 1 are channel center sills, spaced apart bythe short channelsections 3, andextending through the bodyprotrudin ends are secured the draft-sills 5. The'bo y-bolsters comprise spaced members 6 and 7; each of which comprises. a plate portion with-an in- ,tegral upper, lower, and end flange 8,9, and 10, respectively. The spacer 11 is a short sec- Specification of Letters Patent. Ap lication filed July 24.1905. semi No. 270,995.

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fastened by rivets to the plates 6. and 7, an

the web is riveted to the side sill 12 and to theilanges of the side stake 23. The integral end flanges 10 of members 6 and 7 are also i riveted to the side sill 12 as is shown in Fl 6. J I:

f The inner ends of the body-bolster members My invention relates to cars, and is espe lower edge of the-side sill is riveted the lighter spliced tension-bar 15, the splices being at 16. Short sections of angle-bars 17 are employed as the splicing mediums, one, flange fittin against the inner side of the side sill, the

other flange projecting outwardly under angle-bar 15, as is illustrated in Fig. 5. A part of the rivets used for splicing fasten together the angle-bars 15-and 17, the side sill,

and the flanges of the side stake, the remaining art of the rivets securing merely the two The vend portions 18 of the side sill are sections of ang e bars 15 and 17 and the side sill.

channel-beams and are secured to the main side sill 12 by means of the extending ends of the angle-bars 14 and 15, which are riveted thereto, and also by means offillet -plate 19. Cross-bearers 20 ma be formed of either channel or I beams an ane fastened at their inner ends to the center sills by the angle; plates 21 and at their outer ends to theside sill and to the flanges of the side stakes 23'by means of the angle-plate 22.

Floor-beams 24 are secured by bolts or otherwise to the flanges of the cross-bearers and body-bolsters, floor-planks 25being secured to the beams 2i in any improved manner and restin also. on the horizontal portions of the angleare 14. The side and end planks 26 are bolted or riveted to the flanges of the side stakes and at the corners are provided with. the angle-bars 27 and 28, they latter'bein formed by bending the webof a channebearn lon iturlinally, so that the two portions are at ri t angles.

The c annelpacers 3 may be provided, if.

desired, with the stiflening'angleare 31, and those spacersiover the two needle I beams 2 are I supplied {with the angle-plates -32 Whicflange of the needle-bean1, the latter being fastened at its outer ends by means of the angleplates 30 to the side sills and flanges of the side stake.

Since the channel-beams 18 are of lighter weight and weaker than the 'rnain side sill 12, they will bend or buckle first in a-eollision, thus protecting the main side sill from injury, and because of the splicing means shown and described the channel-beam 18 may be readily removed, repaired, and replaced or a new one inserted in its place.

From the construction illustrated and described it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that I secure the advantages set forth above, besides others not mentioned, and that various changes might be made in the structure without departing from the substance of the invention-as defined by the claims.

This patent is inter. :d to embrace only so muchof the disclosure made herein as 1s covered by the claims.

I claim 1. In a car, the combination of two center sills, a spacer for said center sills between the same, and a needle-beam secured to said spacer, substantially as described.

' 2. In a car, the combination of two channel center sills, a channel-spacer for said ccn ter sills between the same, and a needle beam secured to said spacer, substantially as described.

3. In a car, the combination of'two center sills, a spacer for said. center sills between the same, a needle-beam, and an angle-plate securing said spacer and needle-beam together, substantially as described.

4. In a car, the combination of two channel center sills, a channel-spacer for said center sills between the same, the flanges of said spacer being riveted to the webs ot said center sills, a nee:ilebeam, and an angle-plate securing said spacer and needle-beam together, substantially as described.

5. In a car, the combinal ion of two channel center sills, a cllannel-spacmr for said sills between the same, the llangcs of said spacer being riveted to the webs of said center sills, a flanged needle-beam, and an angleplate fastened to the llange of said needle-beam and to the web of said channel-spacer, substantially as described.

6. In a car, the combination of a bodybolster comprising two spaced members, a spacer between said members fastened thereto, and a side stake secured to said spacer,

substantially as described.

7. In a car, the combination of a bodybolster compris ng two spaced members, a spacer between said members fastened thereto, a side plate, and aside stake, said plate and stake being secured to said spacer, StllJStfiIlr tially as described.

8. In a car, the combination of a bodybolster comprising two spaced members with vertical webs, a channel-spacer between said members, the flanges of said spacer being riveted to the vertical webs of said members, a side plate, and a side stake, said plate and stake being riveted to the web of said channel-spacer, substantially as described.

9. In a car, the combination of a bodybolster comprising two spaced members each having a vertical web and an outer end flange, a channel-spacer between said members, the flanges ol said spacer being riveted to the wcbs'oi said members, a side plate riveted to the end llangesol said bolster members and to the web of said channel-spacer, and a flanged side stake, the flange of said stake being riveted to the web of said channel-spacer, substantially as described.

10. A sill for a railway-car, comprising a middleplale, an angle-bar longer than said plate riveted thereto adjacent to one longiludinal edge thereof and extending, beyond the ends of said plate, a spliced angle-bar riveted adjacent to the opposite longitudinal edge of said middle plate and also extending beyond the ends of said central plate, said angle-bars being of unequal weight per unit of length, fillet-plates riveted to and projecting beyond the ends of saidmiddle plate, and an end beam at each end of said sill attached to the projecting portions'ot said angle-bars and fillet-plates, substantially as described.

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